🆔 Identification

ID#246
SiteBoberget
PeriodMigration period
ContextNot specified
InterpretationBread
PublishedYes

📍 Location

SiteBoberget
GPS Coordinates Lat: 58.587216, Long: 16.398763
CountrySweden
RegionÖstergötland

🔍 Excavation

Excavation nameBoberget
SupervisorNot specified
Start dateNot specified
End dateNot specified
Sampling methodIn Situ

⏳ Dating

Dating typeNot specified
Dating methodNot specified
Dating (text)5-6eme s. AD
Standardized dates (BP) 1549 – 1350

📏 Physical Characteristics

TypologyWith shape
ShapeCircular
Number of fragments1
Dimensions
Max (L×W×H) 70 × — × 40 cm
Min (L×W×H) Not specified
Real (L×W×T) Not specified

🛡️ Conservation & Surface

Conservation stateWhole
Preservation conditionCharred
PorosityNot specified
TextureNot specified
OrnamentationNot specified
Upper surfaceNot specified
Lower surfaceNot specified

📝 Additional Descriptions

Reference
HANSSON A.-M. (2014) ‒ Hidden Stone – A Unique Bread Offering from an Early Medieval Cremation Grave at Lovö, Sweden, in A. Chevalier, E. Marinova, et L. Peña-Chocarro (dir.), Plants and people: choices and diversity through time, Oxford Philadelphia, Oxbow Books (Early agricultural remnants and technical heritage (EARTH) : 8,000 years of resilience and innovation volume 1), p.335‑342. ISBN:978-1-78297-033-0 ; HJELMQVIST H. (1990) ‒ Über die Zusammensetzung einiger prähistorischer Brote, Fornvännen. Tidskrift för Svensk Antikvarisk Forsknig / Journal of Swedish Antiquarian research, , 8, p. 9‑21. ISSN 0015-7813

🔬 Microscopic Observations

Primary Particles

Total number
ClassPlant
Organization
Plant types
Taxonomy
Identified taxa
Hordeum vulgare
Taphonomy
Size measurements (µm)
Min / Max / Avg — / — / — µm
Relative frequency

Secondary Particles

Total number
Category
Types
Taxonomy
Taphonomy
Size measurements (µm)
Min / Max / Avg — / — / — µm
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Matrix

Microstructure class
Structure type
Matrix type
Matrix attribute
Nb measurements
Average pore size
Matrix measurements (µm)
Min / Max — / — µm
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